OPRE Evaluation - Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families (BEES) [Impact, implementation, and descriptive studies]
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/28/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
4,090
9,511
1,472
2,809
0
0
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval to continue to collect data from sites and participants for the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) study. The overall purpose of BEES is to conduct rigorous evaluations of innovative interventions aimed at improving employment outcomes, advances in the labor market, and economic security for low-income individuals and families. Populations of particular interest for BEES include individuals facing substance and opioid use disorders, disability or mental health challenges, and their families; criminal justice-involved populations; or others at increased risk of enrolling in TANF or SSI/SSDI. While the target population and domains may vary, all interventions will include an employment services component. BEES includes impact and/or implementation studies of 20 different programs.
This is a request for an extension to complete data collection for Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) study. Updates have been made to reflect the current state of information collection, including:
1. Updates to estimated number of respondents to reflect completed data collection and anticipated data collection over the next three years, and
2. An update to extend the fielding period for follow up surveys slightly to field the surveys 12- to 24-months after participant enrollment.
There are no changes to the actual surveys or related materials.
PL:
Pub.L. 115 - 31 413
Name of Law: Social Security Act, as amended by the FY 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
This is an extension to an approved information collection. There are no changes to burden estimates, but burden has been updated to reflect completed data collection activities and only include burden for data collection that will take place over the next three years. The remaining burden has been annualized over the new request time period.
Additionally, as described in A2, the fielding period for the follow up surveys has been adjusted slightly. As such, the file names for the follow up surveys were updated and reuploaded. There are no changes to the actual survey content or content in the related materials.
Finally, all materials have been updated to reflect current templates and naming conventions used by the ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
BEES nonsub change request memo_Aug 2022.docx
Program Staff Survey (Attachment O)